Public defenders important part of justice

10:51 PM,
Mar. 13, 2014

Herschel Richard

Written by

Herschel Richard
Guest Columnist

On Sunday The (Shreveport) Times covered the case against Brian Horn, who is currently facing capital charges in DeSoto Parish.

This week Glenn Ford walked out of prison, finally vindicated after spending more than 30 years on death row for a 1983 Shreveport robbery and murder that he did not commit. Mr. Ford is Louisiana's 32nd exoneree, and his three-decades on Angola's death row make him almost the longest-serving innocent prisoner in the nation. ...